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H. KILE.

CONVEYER.

. APPLICATION FILED MAY 6,1907.

Patented Apr. 13, 1909.

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HFYRY KILE, OF GREELEY, COLORADO.

CONVEYER.

Application filed May 6, 19

Be it known that I, lfnxnr .KILE, a citizen of the United States, residing at (:reeley, in the county of Weld and State of Colorado, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Conveyers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to conveyers for beet harvesters, and has for an object to provide a device of the class embodying new and improved features of reliability, economy and strength.

A further object of the invention is to provide in a beet harvester mechanism adapted to be attached to a running gear of an ordinary farm wagon and to receive motion therefrom and deposit beets therein.

A further object of the invention is to provide in a beet harvester a conveyer provlded with impaling points of improved form.

With these and other ob ect-s in view, the invention comprises certain novel construetions, combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawin s:-Figure 1 is a view in side elevation oft e improved beet harvester attached to a running gear of an ordinary farm wagon. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of a farm wagon and the improved beet harvester attached thereto. Fig. 3 is a-view in side elevation of the earth engaging wheel for operating the conveyer. Fig. 4 is a view in edge elevation of the earth engaging wheel shown at Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail side elevation of one of the bars of the conveyer with the impaling points carried thereby. Fig. 6 is a View in bottom plan of the bar of the conveyer shown in Fig. 5'. Fig. 7 is a view in end elevation of the conveyer slat and attaching means shown at Figs. 5 and 6. Fig. 8 is a view n top lan of a fragment of the stripper and two of the impaling points shown in association therewith. Fig. 9 is a view in vertical section of a fragment of the strip or and one of the impaling points.

Lilze characters designate similar parts sections and positions of various figures are indicated by arrows and section line's numbered similar to the numerals of the figures.

The improved conveyer formin the sub ject-matter of this application is a apted for Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 13, 1909.

07. Serial No. 372,221.-

or box of a wagon may be employed but a specialbody is here shown at 27 as the various parts may be attached thereto and need not be removed therefrom each time the device is put out of operation. To the hub of one of the rear wheels a cap or attaching member 28 is applied which cap adapts the device to serve as a sprocket for engaging and moving the sprocket chain 34. For securing the attaching member 28 to the hub tension screws 35 are employed and inserted between two of the spokes 37 of the wheel to bear against the inner surfaces of the said spokes and retain the member 28 rigidly in position. The member 28 is provided with a shaft 39' upon which shaft is mounted a frame comprising the side rails 42 and cross pieces 43, and between and at op osite ends of the said rails 42 are journale shafts 44 and 45, the former intended to serve as the lower shaft of the elevator. Uponthe shafts 44 and 45 are respectively mounted sprocket wheels 46 and 47 carrying sprocket chains 48 which said sprocket chains pass over idlers or carrying sprockets 49 preferably loosely mounted upon the shaft 39 in case the shaft is keyed, or to be rigidly secured thereto and rotate therewith in case the shaft 39 is free to rotate in the member 28. If it is desired to o erate the conveyer from the wagon whee the sprockets 46 and 47 are keyed to the shafts 44 and 45 and the shaft 39 keyed to the hub engaging means.

Extending between the sprocket chains 43 are a plurality of spaced slats or strips 50 secured to the chain in any approved manner but preferably by means of key-hole slots 51 formed in the opposite ends of the said slats and with resilient keys or keepers 52 embracing a link of the chain and retained with ingly mounted in the strip as by means of springs 56'inserted through the strip 50 and bent over as at 57 with the upperor outer end bent toengage the end of the bolt as at 58.

The conveyer composed of the frame and sprocket chains and strips is intended to operate at an inclination, es ecially as shown in Fi 1, and is supported y means of an uprig t 59 attache to the side of the body and having an outstandin arm or 'ib 60. A bail'61 is attached to t e side rails 42 and a s ring 62 connected with the bail. From t e spring'62 a cable 63 runs over a ulley 64 and is provided with a hook 65 a apted to engage one of a series of rings 66 carried by the upright 59. It will be seen that by attaching the hook 65 to the several rings 66 the conveyer may be adjusted to assume a desired inclination or a horizontal position. Upon the side of the body adjacentthe conveyer a pair of straps 67 are secured and a support-68 pivotally mounted therein extending at an mclinatlon upward and ending in a transversel disposed cross-head 69 en gaging Within t e spring clip 70 so that the chute 71 carried thereon may be removed therefrom by disen aging the spring clip 70 from the cross-hea 69. As the support 68 is pivotally secured within the straps 67 it is obvious that the chute-may be swung pivotall about upon the support. %pon the upper ends of the side bars 42 are secured bracing'stra s 72 by which a stripper 73 is carried by t e conveyer in position to extend over the chute 71, the said stripper being provided with notches 74 proportioned to permit the impaling points 54 to pass therethrough and to remove therefrom sn p article impaled thereon.

o sustain the conveyer, wheels 83 are mounted upon the shaft 44 and rovided with points 84 extending radially rem the periphery thereof and the shaft 45 is journaled in a sliding box 85 with a spring 85 ositioned to hold the shaft 45 with the sproc et chains 48 always at tension. By means of the spiked wheel 83 the conveyer belt moves so that the conveyer never drags and the teeth-will not tear the beets.

In 0 'eration the machine is transported to the fie d with the conveyer swung to a horizontal position and after arriving at the place to be operated upon the conveyer is tilted to assume the position shown in Fig.1, so that the points 84 engage the ground and with the periphery of thewheels 83 bearing thereupon. he engagement of the points 84 causes the wheels 83 and the shaft 44 to rotate, thereb moving the sprocket chains and the impa ing points 54 carried thereby to impale objects as beets or other vegetables and to carry them, as shown particularly in Fig. 1 upwardly upon the upper side of the conveyer and to engage-the stri per 73 to remove the objects from the impa ing points,

the object then falling from the stripper 1igpgn the chute 71 and being deposited in the It will be understood that the yielding impaling points may be used upon a conveyer of other construction than that shown and that the points may be made to yield by otcllier means than the single means em p o e a 1 id hat I claim is 1. Ina beet harvester, a conveyer provided with a transverse strip, bolts inserted through the strip, impaling points carried by the bolts, and means adapted to hold the bolts ieldingly in operative position.

2. n a beet harvester, a conveyer, a strip extending transversely of the convefigrf bolts inserted through the-stri impa 5 points carried b the bolts an separate therefrom by a snoulder, springs connecting .the bolts with the'strip, means to operate the conveyer, and means to remove material from the impaling points.

3. In a beet harvester, a conveyer rovided with a transverse bar, a bolt exten g through the bar and longitudinally movable therein, and a spring adapted to hold the bolt yieldingly in operative position.

4. In a beet harvester, a conveyerprovided with vertically yielding impaling POlIltS.

5. In a beet harvester, a conveyer rovided with vertically yielding impa iing points, and means to actuate the conveyer.

6. In a beet harvester, a conveyer rovided with vertically yielding nnpa iing points, and means to sustain the end of the conve er in desired proximity to the ground.

7. n a beet harvester, a conveyer rovided with verticall ielding impa 'n points, and a spiked w ee to sustain the en of the conveyer in the desired proximity to the ground.

8. In a beet harvester, a conveyer embodying transverse members, and impaling points yieldingly seated in the transverse members.

9. In a beet harvester, a conveyer provided with a transverse member, bolts slidably seated in the transverse member, impaling )oints carried by the bolts, and means for olding the impaling points yieldingly in operative position.

10. In a beet harvester, a conveyer embodying transverse strips, bolts slidably inserted through the strips, impaling points carried by the bolts upon one side of the strips, and resilient members disposed upon the opposite side of the strips and arranged to hold the impaling point-s yieldingly in operative position. v

11. In a beet harvester, an endless chain conveyer carrying vertically yielding 'impaling oints.

a beet harvester, an endless chain conveyer adapted to rotate in proximity to m and yieldingiy at:

points exiud thereit angles iii the strips.

i1 endless chain means for et-uiiting said eonveyer, and means to hold said conveyer in desired proximity to the ground.

16. 111 e device of the class described, a

conveyer adapted to be carried by a vehicle,

14. in a beet harvester, a 'COIH'QYQ! previded Wit-h 'ertienliy ielding iillpzliillg points, and means to remove nniteriai from the impah'ng points.

In a beet hen her, a eenvoyer frame, an endless eenveyer chain plurality of iinhs, transverse strips united tn sueh chain, two inner iuen'ibers integrally iio'sitiened on said stri, inimiinv oint s comprising a.

vertically yiehling impaling points carried by the conveyei', and means to hold the 00nveyei' with the impsiing points in contact 'Wlih the ground.

resiliently mounted in said mei'nbeis, and

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

HENRY KILE.

Witnesses:

IsA EL ST ONG,

JARLE WHITEHEAD. 

